Mr Spikes
By yesterday evening the Boy Wonder was quite poorly – he even left the table part way through dinner and took himself off for a short sleep on the sofa, before coming back to finish his meal – and at … Continued
Post-coital munchies
Chronologically, this is the last of today’s sequence of three photos, but I’m featuring it because of its energy. Who am I kidding? I’m featuring it because it’s really quite hard to capture Wool Carder Bees in flight, and having … Continued
Long-tongued
One way in which entomologists categorise bees is by the length of their tongues. In terms of the number of bee species there are worldwide, not many are truly long-tongued, but the mason, leafcutter, carpenter and carder bees are among … Continued
Living dangerously
At the point when the Wool Carder spotted the red spider mite and turned to look at it, he lifted the spikes at the end of his abdomen in a way I’d have interpreted as threatening if I’d been the … Continued
Speed Feeding Champion
The third day of the Alternative Olympic Games came to a thrilling climax this afternoon, with the finals of the 1m Speed Feed (Bees, solitary) competition. As had been predicted by most pundits, this came down to a head-to-head between … Continued